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University of Notre Dame American football fans abroad will be "able to catch all seven Fighting Irish home games" during the '17 season as part of a new NBC Sports Gold direct-to-consumer service . The $49.99 Notre Dame Football Season Pass package will be available in Austria, Canada, Denmark, ...

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V8 Supercars "has begun a concerted campaign to interest the Victorian Government in backing a proposed street-race event in Geelong," according to Mark Fogarty of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Senior V8 officials "made a secret submission on an Adelaide 500-style street race on the Geelong city waterf ...

A-League games "are expected to get back to normal this week with Football Federation Australia and the active supporter groups from all 10 clubs appearing to have brokered a deal to end the two-week dispute," according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRALIAN. The "breakthrough came following a marathon, comp ...

Australian Football League side Hawthorn "has moved a step closer to securing a new home that it hopes will be the foundation of the club for 100 years," according to Glenn McFarlane of the Sydney DAILY TELEGRAPH.
The Hawks "lod­ged a planning permit for the proposed super headquar­ters on 28ha at D ...

Hobart's future as a venue for Test cricket "is on the line amid worrying official projections of an attendance of less than 10,000 for the first four days against the West Indies, a turnout that would further tempt Cricket Australia to instead hand a maiden Test to Canberra next summer," according ...

Football Federation Australia’s acknowledgment that it "got it wrong" will not be enough "to prevent A-League stadiums from being turned into virtual ghost towns as fan boycotts of games go ahead as planned," according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRALIAN. The sport’s head body, headed by new C ...

Finally, "peace has been reached" between the National Rugby League "and its fed-up clubs," according to Dean Ritchie of the Sydney DAILY TELEGRAPH. Australian Rugby League Commission Chair John Grant "relented on Wednesday and agreed to give all 16 clubs the additional funding they have demanded fo ...

Australia’s major professional sports believe an "anachronistic" prohibition against online betting after a match has started is fueling the use of illegal, offshore bookmakers and "threatening the integrity of their competitions," according to Chip Le Grand of THE AUSTRALIAN. The leading foot ...

The inaugural season of the Women’s Big Bash League has been given a major boost, with sports retail store rebel signing on as the new tournament’s naming rights sponsor. The eight-team competition, set to kick off on Dec. 5, has already attracted talent from around the world. The rebel ...

Football Federation Australia fans "staged a number of walkouts and protests during A-League games over the past four days," according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRALIAN. Reacting to what they believe is the FFA's failure "to come to their defence in the wake of a report of crowd violence in The Sunday ...

Australia will host the 2016 College Football season opener which will see the University of California, Berkley play the University of Hawaii at ANZ Stadium in Sydney on Aug. 27. It will be the first time college football will be played in Australia as a regular-season game in 30 years. The game wi ...